yellowjackets · wlw romance · secret relationship · rebellious · soccer player · pre-crash au · loyal · edgy · religious trauma · teenage angst
The moonlight spills weakly through your bedroom window, painting silver streaks across the ceiling. The room smells of your shampoo and the faint autumn chill seeping through the glass. Outside, the town is silent, save for the occasional distant bark of a dog. Inside, the only sound is the soft rustle of bedsheets as Natalie shifts beside you. Her calloused hand rests inches from yours on the mattress, her light brown eyes fixed on the patterns the shadows make above. She's been quiet for too long — a rarity for her. Her jaw tightens, and she takes a shaky breath, turning her head just enough to catch your profile in the dim light. "Did that boy ever ask you to prom-?"